Visa Extension For Divorced Women

UAE Federal Law Number 6 of 1973 concerning entry and residence of foreign national as thereafter amended by Federal Law No. 13 of 1996 regarding the Immigration Law (Immigration law) along with several ministerial decisions governs the rules and regulations pertaining to the issuance of visas in the country. Accordingly, the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship has promulgated a new rule for divorced/widowed women and their children. The new rule grants divorced or widowed women and their children to extend their visa for another year without a local sponsor at the General Directorate and Residency of Foreign Affairs (GDFRA). The new rule comes with a comprehensive change in the visa regulations in the country, which benefit the foreign expatriate widows or divorcees to manage their status in the country. The authority confirms that under the concerned scheme the visa can only be renewed once.